direction of hair growth

direction of hair growth

ive been growing a short beard for a while now and was wondering if it is possible to change the direction or the hair growth. my whole beard grows completely from the left side of my face to the right side. moustache grows downward as usual, but the rest of it is kinda like being in a strong westerly wind. the main problem is that im trying to grow the beard to a kinda point at the chin, and the direction if the hair growth kinda just leaves a little swoop on the right side of the point whitch is impossible to trim out. when i used to shave i had to shave from the right side of my face to the left horizontally to get under the hairs. im hoping that maybe growing it longer might straighten it out. ive even been trying to pet it against the grain on one side and brushing it that way but im not sure if its gonna work. any helpful comments or advice would be greatly appreciated

I sympathise with your problem,Terrapin, as I have a similar one but much less serious than yours. While the hair on the right side of my face grows very nicely in one direction, that on the left grows in two directions which meet. In addition I find that if I let my goatee grow to any length the left side develops a curl to the left undermining attempts to get a good shape. On top of that, the left side of my beard grows faster than the right.

My solution to the problem is to keep my beard quite short, trim it regularly and brush/comb it the way I want it to go. That way, I manage to minimise its unruly tendencies; but left to its own devices I don't think it would be a pretty sight.

I very much hope that you will find a solution to your problem, but from my experience it seems that once the direction of your beard's growth is established there is not a great deal you can do to change it except to adopt a style that minimises its drawbacks.
Best of luck

I agree with wulff on this.It seems to me that the beard also is like the hair on your head for the part of wich way it grows almost like a cow lick. I think the best way would be in trimming it to a suitable length or with combing of it to maybe train it a certain way. although it seems logical that if you grow it longer it might straighten itself out but, i think i might want the later of the 2 so as to keep a more tidy look. Either way you will get threw it and im sure it will look great.

Over years of certain sleeping patterns... your follicles may have grown or adapted into various sprouting positions/directions. Just from spending so many hours flattened out ect..

Hope this is of some help.

I think hair curlers might help, if you have a longish to medium beard.

I think some kind of new sleeping habbit/pattern, with awareness of what your cheeks are doing through the night, would result in some long term changes. I seriously think this would be an effective solution!

thank you all for your help and support
i hadnt thought about sleeping habits as a problem, but i suppose it is possible. i will keep trying to comb it straight and wax it regularly as well as be slightly more aware of my sleeping habits. i do think of it as a sort of cowlick. over the years ive had several different hair styles on my head and have successfully changed that direction once. i only hope i can do something about this. i will keep you all posted on my efforts
Thanks again guys

i share exactly the same affliction of irregular hair direction as my brother, my father and uncle. the hair on the left grows straight down, but on the right side it grows towards the ear. my uncle has it particularly bad and has never been able to grow a beard because of it. i'm pretty sure its got nothing to do with sleeping habits, it must be genetic or something

Hey my friend... I have exactly d same problem, it seems like my beard grows from my left side to my right one... let me tell u tath this is a very common problem, I have seen many people with d same directional problem... ive heard u may change it by shaving in a particular direction.. tough ts probably a mith and wont work...
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Hey guys, I have had the same problem, but to a lesser degree. I am not sure how long you want your beard to be, but I have found that if you let it grow longer you will be able to manage it a better. It's kind of like the cow lick reference above, if you cut the hair too short in this area it will tend to stick up, or in your situation over to the side. If you can and you want to try letting the beard grow out a little longer and see if it is more manageable. Semper Fi......

Thanks guys! Even though I didn't ask the original question, I have been wondering about this for years. I appreciate the vast collective of beard
expertise. I think I'll follow Bearded Bro's advice and let it grow out until I can comb it out. I'm pretty shaggy now, so it shouldn't take
too long.

As I'm now a member, I looking forward to waxing (see what I did there?) all things facial hair with you!

I've got the exact same problem, on the right side of my face the hair grows towards my ear and on my left side it grows straight down. My chin seems to
have the direction of the growth to be ok but is thicker on one side, I just make the most of it and try and keep my styles short becuase at a distance of more
than 1ft its really not noticable

If anyone can help with this I would be really, really appreciative. As you can see the hair grows in completely different directions on either side of my face, any way I can get the follicles changed so they all grow downwards :/

If anyone can help with this I would be really, really appreciative. As you can see the hair grows in completely different directions on either side of my face, any way I can get the follicles changed so they all grow downwards :/

Peter, your beard pattern is very common. There isn't much you can do about it, but understand that this is something only you probably will notice. Most beards have odd growth in parts if you look at them closely. I suggest you let it grow for 3 months, then if it still doesn't look good to you, maybe there is some trimming that can make it look better.

I wish i was that lucky to have your dilemma Peter J.My sideburns on the left side grow normally in a downward direction and my beard continues in a downwardly direction ,my hair under my chin also grows "normally" downwards but my other side grows sidewards towards the rear of my head,this continues up above my ear around 1 inch in height,so i cant have sideburns on that side which i think look ridiculous especially when i think i am the only person with this problem.I have never seen anyone else with a hair pattern like mine which can be quite depressing,i just want it to look asymmetrical
.I asm not really bothered about the beard i would just like my hair to grow downwards normally.http://www.hairfinder.com/hair2/follicledirection.htm